Reproduction
Object Category
pen-cases
Description
Solid wooden pen-case with opening cut in front and pans for red white and black pigments (each surrounded by SHEN) - cover presumably with name of owner missing - hieroglyphic inscritpion either side of opening, dedication text for owners father TAIM and mother IUI, with 3 people seated before offering table at the bottom, on L her mother SEN-PHES, on R. TAIM and lady of the house TEKH.
Collection Place Notes
Bought at 'Thebes'
Publications
- William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Objects of Daily Use, pl. LVII.43 .p.64
- Thomas, Angela P., Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt, 14
Production Period
18th Dynasty
Material
Dimensions
length: 38.2 cms
length: 15.05 ins
Provenance
Bought at 'Thebes'
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC16395
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
